Let's Call it What it is: A Matter of Conscience
A New Vocabulary for Moral Education
Published on 23. December 2012
VIII, 178 pages
978-94-6209-007-1 (ISBN)
Description
With a new century, there has emerged a new age in moral considerations. The Arab Spring, Facebook, and the Occupy Movement all point to an awareness of, and concern for, the moral character of the individual and the collective. The phrase, "it's the right thing to do", echoing throughout news media and one's daily exchanges, typically indicates a moral positioning. Presented in this book is the argument that now is the time to call it what it is, a matter of conscience, and to embrace the transformative power of a new vocabulary for moral and character education.
In a more expansive approach than typically seen, this book examines the nature and function of conscience. Building upon the foundational work of Thomas Green (1999), the vocabulary of reflexive judgment, reflexive emotions, normation, and voices of conscience, are explored as they apply to moral formation, with examples and applications provided. Specific attention is given to the interrelationship of the collective conscience with democracy. Educating for conscience and the notion of the sacred are also examined. Written from an educator's perspective, this book offers a framework for moral education to both the secular and religious domains.
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Content
Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The time is Right: Why we need a new Vocabulary; It's part of our Nature; The Judgment - Action gap; Emotions and Feelings are Coming into Their own; Critical Thinking; Legitimizing Diversity and Complexity: The Impossible Ideall; Human Rights and the Democratic Movement; Technological Advancement; Conscience Surfaces in Literature Across Multiple Domains; Morality is Weakening; The Theological Shift; At the Intersection of Morality and Spirituality, Humanism and Religion; A word About Ethics; What Choice does Public Education have?; Behaviour Management/Governance; A Transformative Experience; A Shelter for Disobedience and Disorder; Conclusion; Chapter Three: The Hijacking of Morality; Primitive Society; The Bible and Greek Philosophy; Scholastic Theology; The Reformation; The Enlightenment, Kant, and Freud; Post-modern Literature; The Issue of Authority: To whom are we Accountable?; The role of Reason; Motivation; Conclusion; Chapter Four: The Fundamentals of Conscience; What do we mean by the word "Right"?; Conscience is Disclosed Through Moral Behaviour; Self-Judgment (Made in the First Person); Standards and Truths; A word about Absolutes and Extremism; Reason and Knowledge; Cognitive/Affective bond; Moral Emotions; Connectedness: It's a Public Matter; Is There a Collective Conscience?; Motivation and Conscience: About Things that Matter; Goodness; Good will/Common good/Greater good; Evil; Conscience in the Every day; Conclusion; Chapter Five: A new Vocabulary for Moral Education; Reflexive Judgment; Reflexive Emotions; Voices (Not Just a Voice); Norms and Normation; About Things that Matter; Integrity; A Visual Depiction; Other Models; Chapter Six: Reflexive Judgment and Reflexive Emotions; Reflexive Emotions; Gratitude; Shame and Embarrassment; What about GUILT?; Greed; Abhorrence and Disgust; Pride; Humility; Regret; Conclusion; Chapter Seven: The Question of Development; Change, Dimension, and Direction; Wisdom; Integrity; Social Activism and Human Rights; Happiness, Courage and risk Taking; Spiritual Intelligence; Emotional Intelligence (EI); The role of Empathy; Conclusion; Chapter Eight: Conscience in a Democratic Society; A Public Affair; Conscience in the Making of a Democratic Society; The Right to vote; Re-forming Democracy; Governance and Good Citizenship; Are We Becoming a Society Without Conscience?; Conscience is not Majority rule; Human Rights and Conscience; Conclusion; Chapter Nine: Educating Conscience: My Conscience our World; Schools as Strong Normative Communities; The Public in Public School; Governance; Classrooms of Conscience; Modelling and Imitation; Dialogue; Practice; Confirmation; Points to Remember; Conscience as part of School Subjects; Conclusion; Chapter Ten: The Pedagogy of the Sacred; Spirituality; Spirituality in Public Education; Conscience and Spiritual Education; The new Language of Conscience Formation - Soul talk; My own Narrative; Chapter Eleven: Summary and Final Remarks; Summary; Some Questions for Application; Religion and Science; Closing Comments; References.
